New Living Translation
2 Samuel 8:5
5When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
2 Samuel 8:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
- New International Version (NIV)When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.
Context of 2 Samuel 8:5
3David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River. 4David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots. When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them. 6Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money. So the Lord made David victorious wherever he went. 7David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers to Jerusalem,
Read all of 2 Samuel 82 Samuel 8:5 word by word
וַתָּבֹא֙ אֲרַ֣ם דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק לַעְזֹ֕ר לַהֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶר מֶ֣לֶךְ צוֹבָ֑ה וַיַּ֤ךְ דָּוִד֙ בַּֽאֲרָ֔ם עֶשְׂרִֽים־וּשְׁנַ֥יִם אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And when the Syriansאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758
- of Damascusדַּמֶּ֫שֶׂקdammeώeq dûmeώeq darmeώeq · DamascusH1834
- cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to succourעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
- Hadadezerהֲדַדְעֶ֫זֶרhădad‛ezer · HadadezerH1909
- kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of Zobahצוֹבָאtsôbâ' tsôbâh tsôbâh · ZobahH6678
- Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- slewנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- and twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 8:5
- 1 Kings 11:23God also raised up Rezon son of Eliada as Solomon’s adversary. Rezon had fled from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah,
- 1 Chronicles 18:5When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
- Isaiah 7:8for Syria is no stronger than its capital, Damascus, and Damascus is no stronger than its king, Rezin. As for Israel, within sixty-five years it will be crushed and completely destroyed.
- Job 9:13And God does not restrain his anger. Even the monsters of the sea are crushed beneath his feet.
- Psalms 83:4“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
- Isaiah 8:9“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified. Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
- Isaiah 31:3For these Egyptians are mere humans, not God! Their horses are puny flesh, not mighty spirits! When the Lord raises his fist against them, those who help will stumble, and those being helped will fall. They will all fall down and die together.
- 2 Chronicles 8:3Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 8:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Syrians of Damascus - The Syrians (Aram), whose capital was Damascus, were the best known and most powerful. Damascus (written Darmesek in marginal references, according to the late Aramean orthography) is first mentioned in Genesis 15:2. According to Nicolaus of Damascus, cited by Josephus, the Syrian king‘s name was Hadad.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Hadadezer’s neighbors, the Arameans from Damascus, were unable to help him resist David. They later had more success against Solomon (1 Kings 11:23–25). But they were less successful when they attacked Samaria during the reign of King Ahab of Israel (1 Kings 20).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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